Continuous internal-combustion generator.



J. D.-LUOP.

CONTINUOUS INTERNAL COMBUSTION GENERATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED KAE.9,1909.

Patented May 23, 1911.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN D. Loor, or PQMONA, cALn-onm-A.

CONTINUOUS: INTERNAL-COMBUSTION GENERATOR.

Specification of Lctters Patent. I Patented May 23, 1911.

' Applicationflled March 9, 1909. Serial No. 482,412.

- tinuously generating or producing 'a condition of elastic fluid pressure by internal combustion, the main object of the invention being to provide for the production of elasti'c fluid pressure without the use of boilers or other externall. heated generators.

- Other objects 0 the invention will appear hereinafter.

The. accompanying drawing is a general elevation, somewhat dia ammatic, of a sys tem 'of apparatus embo yin the invention, the enerator proper being s own in section.

T e generator comprises a chamber 1 whose outer casing shell or wall is formed f steel or other material of sufiicient strength to stand the. high pressure, and an,

. inner chamber 2- whose shell or wall is formed of refractory material. The walls of the internal chamber are spaced from the outer wall at" all sides and preferably at setu and bottom and the upper part or top of this combustion chamber communicates through perforations3 with the outer chamber 1. A-lateral extension 4' 'exteuds'from the chamber2 through the outer chamber and throu h the outer casing, and a burner 5 isprovicied at the outer end of'this extension, said burner being placed so as to direct its flame through the extension 4 into the combustion chamber 2. Said burner is provided with means for supplying oil and air.

thereto as hereinafter described. Extension 4 is also provided with aman-holeG for access thereto and with a spark plug 7 for ignition purposes.

At the upper part of chamber 1 above the v chamber 2 1s 'rovided a deflector or spreader plate'8',and a ve said deflector is provided means, such as a spray pipe; or tube 9, per-' forated to discharge wateronto the top of '50 the said spreader plate and into. the space between the said plate and the outer wall of chamber 1 Chamber 1 is further provided .with'a pressure gage 10 and a safety valve 11 at or 'near the top thereof and with a petcook 12 at or near the bottom thereof.

' The apparatus further comprises means the county of Los Angeles and for supplying air, oil-and water. to the gen- 'erator,'sa1d means comprisin an air tank 13, oil tank 16.and water tank 1 Air tank 13 is connected to burner 5 by pipe 30 having a valve 38 connected by a ipe 14 with a compressor 15.- The said a1r tank is also connected to tanks 16 and 17 by a pressure equalizin pipe 18 providedwith valves 19 and 20 w ereb connection may be established or shut o from either or both the oil and water tanks. Said oil and water tanks are further provided with supply pipes 21 and 22having valves 23 and 24, said pipes being connected respectively with any suitable sources of oil and water. Air tank 13 is also provided with a pressure age 25 and safety valve 26. A pipe 27 lea s from the lowerpart of the oil tank 16 throughvalves 2.8 and 29 tothe oil burner 5, and a pipe 31 'leads from the water tank 17 through a valve .32 to the water spray tube 9.

A supplementary gasolene tank 33 may be provided having a supply connection .34' provided with a valve 35 and an outlet connection -or pipe 36 having a valve 37 and leading to the pipe 27 between the valves 28, 29 aforesaid.

Means are provided for storing and delivering the elastic fluid under pressure, produced by the above described apparatus, and

for utilization of a part thereof, in the compression of the air necessary to maintain the combustion, it being understood that this air must be compressed to a pressure at least equal to that in the generating chamber. For this purpose the outer chamber 1 is connected by a pipe 40 with a storage tank or reservoir 41, having-a delivery pi 42 with a gate 43, said delivery pipe leadlng to any suitable means for utilization of the elastic fluid pressure and said storage tank provided with a pipe connection 44 having a .throttle 45, to the cylinder of an engine 47 mechanically connected to the compressor 15 to operate the same.

The operation is as follows! Ignition is first started by admitting gasolene at the burner and ignitingthe same by spark plug or otherwise. During this operation combustion may be supported by allowing air to pass in through the pipe 30 if any com- 'ressed air is available. Otherwise an outet may be provided at the top of chamber 1, as ;by opening safety valve 11 so as to provide a natural draft. When the internal chamber has been well heated in this manher the gasolene is turned off by valve 37 and the water supply is turned on by valve 32.. The-products of combustion leave the chamber 2 at-a high temperature and entering chamber 1 they are mixed with the water issuing from the tube 9 in a divided condition and water is thereby converted into steam, the gases being at the same time low- 1 ered in temperature so that theouter Wall of the chamber 1 is not subjected to any temperature beyond that which is safe for an iron orsteel shell to carry. The mixture of the products of combustion'with the. result-- ant steam passes from the genera'tor' ,chamher 1 through the pipe 40 to the storage chamber 41 which is of suflicient strength to Withstand the Working pressure and is'suitablyinsulated, as shown at 39, to retain the heat. A part of the elastic fluid thus stored into the reservoir may be drawn off continually or from time to time, as required, through the delivery pipe 42 to any suitable consumption means, and another part is conducted through pipe 44: to the engine 47 to drive the compressor 15 for supplying; compressed air to tank 13 and to the burner 5. The connection 18 between the compressed air-tank and the oil and water tanks serves to maintain the same pressure on all three of these tanks so that the oil can be freely injected into the combustion chamber and I the .water pass by gravity into the generator chamber, the pressure on the oil and water by reason of the aforesaid connection with the communicating tank serving to overcome.

the pressure within the generator chamber.

. What I claim is:

An internal combustion pressure generator comprising a casing forming an outer chamber, a shell of refractory material forming a combustion chamber within said outer chamber, saidshell being spaced apart from the casing of the outer chamber'and forming a space therebet-ween, a burner provided with means for injecting oil and supplying air under pressure to the combustion chamber, a

JOHN D. LOOP.

In presenceof ARTHUR P. KNIGHT, FRANK L. A. GRAHAM. 

